Stephen Dobson

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What does it mean to be a digital bystander in the world of learning, teaching and education?

Consider this vignette: during the COVID-19 pandemic a family are living in a big city where access to stable digital streams and affordable data bundles is not a problem. Confined to long periods...

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How can refugees and migrants experience social inclusion and wellbeing?

To be a refugee or a migrant is an experience unlike others, it is at once to be a no-place person (1) and at the same time to live everywhere [2]; belonging to many places, if only fleetingly. It...

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What is the goal of education and teacher education in particular?

Rumination 3# - The lost goal of education? Professor Stephen Dobson Dean of the Faculty of Education Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Since arrival in the Faculty of Education at...

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What can and should "bildung" mean in a classroom setting?

I have been fascinated by the following quote and its consequences for classroom learning/teaching : "Bildung is what remains after we have forgotten everything we have learnt." - Ellen Key (cited...

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